Baby names your friends will want to steal

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Unique and cool baby names

We rounded up a list of baby girl and baby boy names so cool and trendsetting that your friends will be tempted to steal them. Check out our list of great vintage names, modern names and even cool names from classic literature. One little tip: After you have found your name, you might have to keep it a secret until after baby is born so no one will steal it!

What a cool vintage name!

Vintage or old-fashioned baby names never go out of style. They have a classic sound to them, and we love them for their traditional meanings. Many celebrities have been naming their babies these great old-fashioned names, such as Alyssa Milano’s son Milo or Tori Spelling’s daughter Hattie.

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Literary names! Cool names from books

Flip through the pages of some of your favorite classics or current best-sellers for unique baby name ideas. As much as we love Twilight, avoid names from these books (such as Bella, Jacob or Jasper) as they are getting into the “popular” category -- and you are looking for a unique name!

The name Gatsby from The Great Gatsby is a great name, as is Holden from The Catcher in the Rye. Check our more literary names below: